Image/video preview via mpv

[BogdanLysenko]

It seems like instructions about how to configure ranger to display image/video preview via mpv is out of date. For example, there is no ImageDisplayer() method anymore in fm.py, or it has another form now. So, I hope you add valid information about how to do it beacause now I think it is the only way to enable image/video preview in my alacritty terminal.

[toonn]

I think there's an open PR or issue with more up to date instructions in the comments. The ueberzug method should work with alacritty though, as long as you're on X.

[BogdanLysenko]

@toonn
No, the whole point is I'm on pure Wayland under Sway, otherwise I'd prefer another preview method from guide.

[toonn]

Maybe switching to kitty temporarily is an option? Or you could try out the sixel PR if alacritty supports sixel.

[BogdanLysenko]

@toonn, I did fix of mpv due to your recomendation in this issue #2065 (comment), so I can close my.
However, it looks poor and runs images in another window drugging me from my one.. So I had to disable it. Anyway, thank you.
Sixel support in alacritty is currently not implemented. But there already is a pull request for this. I'm leaving reference if anyone is interested maybe to test this or help to contribute:
alacritty/alacritty#4763

[toonn]

Maybe look into ueberzug again. Last I heard the author was working on Wayland support.

[toonn]

Deleted some comments written in hanzi or something and no members of the team are able to read those. So we can't verify whether they're spam/inappropriate. Please keep comments in english, if possible.

@BogdanLysenko, I recently saw an issue or PR mentioning mpv previews again but I can't find it right now.